LUCAS HEDENBÄCKFounder at Superhuman Protocol

Traditional fitness is a scam..

13 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Lucas Wilhelm Hedenbäck argues that conventional fitness advice—tracking calories, protein, supplements, and training harder—fails because it treats the body like a calculator rather than a complex biological system. He explains that poor digestion, sleep, chronic stress, inflammation, and hormonal imbalances can nullify these inputs, as the gut only absorbs what it can and a stressed body prioritizes survival over muscle growth. Hedenbäck advocates a holistic, system‑based approach that prioritizes gut health, stress management, recovery, and sleep, claiming that when the underlying system functions well, all other fitness inputs become effective. He ends with a call to follow his page for more information.

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The traditional fitness nutrition model is one of the fastest ways to look healthy while feeling absolutely terrible. You've been told to hit your calories, hit your protein, take your supplements, and train harder. And if you're not getting results, well, work even harder. But here's the problem. You can do all of those things and still have terrible digestion, poor sleep, brain fog, low energy, inflammation, and hormone issues because your body isn't a calculator. It's a biological system. And if that system isn't functioning properly, none of those healthy inputs are giving you the return they should. Your gut doesn't care what you eat. It cares what it can absorb. And if you're chronically stressed, your body isn't focused on building muscle. Muscle recovering or optimizing hormones. It's focused on survival. That's why the people who get the best results don't just focus on training and nutrition. They focus on the system underneath— gut health, stress management, recovery, sleep. Because when the system works, everything works. If you want to learn more about this, then drop me a follow and welcome to my page.